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Y i k 4 Lv Twenty Killed nml One Hundred Wound rd In Fighting nt Wepeunr Ilorr Up port neclnren llrntmnt Him Surritulprctl 1 lluroiiemi OtUcors to Lend Rnon lfifiiKN April 10 Heavy rains Im pede tho movements of the British col umns Tho blockade of Weponer ron tinnes nltliongli relief is near Largo iunntities of storos mo being moved bouthwnnl from Bloomfontoin which is a rovergal of tho courso of freight for tho Inst six weeks Thco sbipincnts nro nintlu necessary by tho operations in tho southeast of tho Frco State Thoro are 2000 sick in tho hospitals most of tho cases being of dysentery and ontenc fever With tho exception of theso facts tho cmbugo upon war intelligence is almost complete Tho special corre spondents send trhialitios or obscuro statements rather than explain tho situ ation in their efforts to prepare matter that will pass tho censor Hero and there a phraso indicates an oxpoctancy that largo things nro about to happen What is to bo dono with Sir Roelvers Buller and Sir Charles Waircn occu pies everybodys attention The pa pers continuo to comment on Loid Roberts censure of theso commanders They ask if more errois arc not likely to occur together with fruitless waste of life in tho eveut that men who have been declared incompetent by their su perior continuo to command 40000 troops It is now generally accepted that tho government had a purpose in tho publication of Lord Roberts dis patch and that tho recall of General Buller and General Warren has been decided upon Accoiding to Boer reports there is a steady flow of foreign volunteers into tho Transvaal Hithorto theso adven turers have been attached to tho various commandoes Now it is said they are to be formed into a special legion with continental officers and rumors are that command will bo given to a distin guished French soldier lately retiied General do Negner who is in the Transvaal or is ueanug tho cud of tho journey thither According to a dispatch to tho Daily Mail from Lourenzo Marquess nearly half tho members of tho Chicago am balance corps when offered Mausers on their arrival at Pretoria toro off their Ttcd Ci oss badges Adelbert S Hay United States consul notified tho Transvaal government that ho must re port tho circumstance to Washington Tho Bloemfontem correspondent of the Times telegraphing Wednesday says A corresp6udent with General Chermsido reports that tho Thud di vision has advanced eight miles east of Reddersburg and gone into camp where the Irish Ritlcs surrendered Four hun dred Boers had just evacuated the posi tion General Chermsido had no fur ther contact with the Boers KuniaHsie Closely Invented Accua April 18 News has been re ceived here that Kumassio is closely in vested that the situation will soon be come grave if relief is delayed The governor Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodg son is asking for all available forces A British officer who s in command of an important station north of Kumassie says that unless relief is forthcoming eoon it will bo impossible to hold out Tho first relief force is expected to ar rive at Kumassio today and it will at tempt to forco tho cordon Natives there are convinced that French influ ences are operating against the British DalRPty KeportK Ioisei Maseku April 10 Colonel Dalgotys casualties since ho has been besieged at Wepener have been 20 killed and 100 wounded The Boor losses aro reported to have been considerably heavier After the night attack on April 12 tho dead were left on tho field whero they still lie unburied Thoro is a conflict of opinion among the leaders Somo want to attack again whilo others refuso to do so Desultory canuon firing and sniping continues Ilrulmnt Snlil to Have Surrendered Loukenzo Makquez April 18 Tho Boers aro extremely anxious about Wepouer Tho Standard and Diggers News of yesterday says General Bra bant is hourly expected to surrender Wmterbach commandant at Koinati Poort said that a telegram arrived today announcing that the garrison had sur rendered Pointer for Turkey London April 10 Tho Vienna cor respondent of The Times says By further resistance to the olaims of tho United States tho sultan will expose himself to grave consequences which probably ho had not foreseen The United States government is not accus tomed to indulge in empty threats If tho sultan supposes for a moment that he would find protection from any European power let him remember Spain KaniH llenuullcHUi denominate iAmg Hutchinson Kan April 19 Hon Chester I Long of Medicino Lodge win unanimously renominated by tho Ro publicancouventiou of tho Seventh con gressional district Delegates to tho national convention aro Judgo T B Wall of Wichita and H F Milhken of Santa Foj alternates William Duon of Stafford uud Dr Sabine of Garden City presidential elector J Q Thompson Delegation netructed for McKinloy KILLS HIS BROTHER John Trimble 1nrmerly of IMrM Ne liruakn Hluya lumen In Kftnum PmiMPsnuuu Kan April 10 John Trimble who set veil with tho First Ne braska regiment during tho Philippine campaign slow his brother James on a farm claimed by both tho brothers ton miles smith itf hero yct onlay afternoon Tho men had not been on good terms for four years or moro and recently thero has been serious trouble over tho disputed ownership of tho farm Yes terday tho brothers had a quarrel which ended by John shooting James dead John who is only 20 years old cnniu to Phillipsburg and gave hinisolf up RESUME WORK ON BIG DAM Mllltlit Itend for Tioutilr lint Stvlkrm Millie No DriiKintti atlon Ckoton Landing N Y Apiil 10 In accordance with tho piomiso mado last night by General Roe in command of the tioops work vvns resumed at tho Cornell dam Tho strikers made no op position About 200 men reported for duty Of tins number about fit weio stouemasoiiH while tho others wero la borers and men who worlc on tho littlo quarry trains Nono of tho moil who reported for duty wero stiikers and theio still re main out between 400 and fi00 mostly Italians Of tho GO stonemasons who returned to work 10 wero Italians Knnaa Midland Cliiwigc Ilnnd Wichita April 10 Instruments transferring tho Kansas Midland rail road running from Wichita to Ells worth a distance of 100 miles to tho St Louis and San Francisco Railway company wero filed hero yesterday Tho consideration is 1100000 of Kan sas Midland division 4 per cent first mortgage bonds and 005000 common stock trust certificates of tho St LoniH and San Francisco railway Tho new Frisco bonds aro used for 1800000 of which 200000 will bo leservcd for fu ture impiovemcnts on tho Midland division Contrnct for WJ 00000 lot Omahv Apiil 19 Kilpatrick Bros Collins tho railroad contractors have been awarded tho contract for the ex tensive improvements to bo made by tho Union Pacific at Sherman hill in Wy oming Official announcement of the letting of the contract and tho names of the successful bidders wero given out at Union Pacific headquartes The entire contract as secured by tho Kilpatrick firm The improvements will cost m the neighborhood of GOO000 lieu Ioh of Itiinga Stock Dknveii April 19 Reports received heio from tho grazing legions indicate that heavy lossos of live stock will re sult from the prolonged rain and snow storm State Senntor Baacla says that tho losses of sheep in tho vicinity of Trinidad aggregate not less than 20000 head lJerts Minors Iroin Homes Knoxville Teiin April 10 Tho sinking miners at Coal Creek are still out and aro standing together firmly Oilicers have served writs of disposses sion upon tho stiikers and their fam ilies compelling them to vacate tho houses owned by tho company TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD Friction continues between Korea and Russia with reference to tho lattors de mands Fire Wednesday destroyed Morris Driskin Cos box factory in Jersey City Loss 50000 Tho Peruvian government has ac cepted the proposal of tho United States for a new pan American congress J M McKiusloy grand secretary of tho Royal Arcanum died of apoplexy with which ho was strickon in his office at Boston Wednesday Tho board of survey in tho case of tho United States ship Boston has reported to tho navy department that tho sliip can bo repaired at a cost of 175000 At Wednesdays meeting of tho Ha vana board of trado it was decided to appoint a suitablo person to represent tho interests of tho board in Wash ington Mrs Susnn Rusio wifo of tho big Now York pitcher brought suit Wed nesday for divorce She chaiges that Rusio has mistreated her and that ho has been drinking W S McKeen has severed his con nection with the National Association of Democratic clubs He has been tho acting secretary over sinco tho death of Lawreuco Gardner Lieutenant W J Lent Second in fantry has been ordered to take 92 re cruits from Fort Thomas Ky to Pasa Cabellos Cuba for distribution among the commands there The steamer Miles arrived at Victoria Wednesday from Kobo with 1200 Jap anese immigrants a majority of whom are destined for the United States to work on tho railways The Chinese government has issued an edict directing all viceroys and gov iruors to warn armed organizations that they must refrain from acts of hos tihty toward native Christians Thomas M Page president of the Pago Kraus6e Manufacturing and Mining company died ut his Si Louis home of heart disease aged 59 years Mr Pago was tho author of a number of books Judgo Isaac Johuson of Wooster O was killed by an Erie freight train at tho Union tit pot at Mansfield Wednesday Ho was standing on the track and did not seo the cars appproach He was 60 years of go Considerable discussion has grown at Havana out of the recent killing of an American by a Cuban policeman Tho American it appears was under tho in fluence of liquor and attacked tho po liceman and rook away hib club There upon the polioeoiau shot him dead IS PRESIDENT m The Norfolk Weekly News RAIN I10LDSR0BERTS Movements of British Ham pered by the Weather 00L DALQETY BEPORTS LOSSES NORFOLK NEBRASKA THURSDAY A1MUL 11 Transmississippi Commercial Congress Elects Officers AT WORK ON THE RESOLUTIONS II II 1 llrfnrn Cottcreii Aiirorii Inline n 000000 For lite St Inuli ICiponlllou Kndoried MriirnRiltt tlinnl Irojeel In Strongly Ircnd Houston Tux April 10 Tho com mittee on resolutions the most import ant of tho TraiisiuisHissippi congress in at woik preparing a repoit It has something over 100 resolutions before it to bo acted upon and not more than 25 will bo accepted Special inlerests are behind many of tho resolutions and the committee has no easy task in selecting only thoso which will ailect tho whole west which is lis object Tho fiist business was the introduc tion of resolutions as follows By Pat teison indorsing the bill now before congress to appropnato 5000000 for the St Louis Worlds fan Whit mm e favoung government cable fioni tho United States to Hawaii and Manila Patteison opposing the Hanna Payne ship subsidy bill A telegram from W J Bryan thanked the congress lor its invittbtion to attend the sessions but declined be causo of other engagements Tho coiinnittcn on permanent organ ization lopoi ted tho following nomina tion of office s President Hon John R O Pitkin of New Oilcans first vice president Walter Uresham of Galves ton second vice president L B Prince of Santa Fe third vice president S O Biooksof St Paul fourth vico presi dent George Q Cannon of Salt Lake Tho report was adopted and the offic ers were diclared elected Tho selec tion of a secretary is left to tho delega tion of tho stato which secures the next congress Coleman and Whitinoro introduced resolutions indorsing the bills now pend ing before congress providing for the immediate construction of tho Nicaragua canal There was greit applause when Whitmoro declined that the tune ha gone by for argument over this canal it must bo built and at onco Hill I Won Tiilem a Hand Ciucvgo April 10 Mayor Harrison took a hand in tho labor trouble yester day by calling n number of manufactur ers and dealers in building material together to discuss a way to settle the difficulty Tho plan is lor the matenal men tomningoa joint meeting of ar bitration committees liom the building con ti actors ad tho building tiides councils with a committeo of t lie it own as letereo Tho conference was at tended by ten mateiial dealers repre senting 00 per cent of tho building trade Impoitaut developments aie looked for Colonel 1ettlt Coi rt Miu Haled New Yokk April 19 A dispatch from Manila announces that Colonel James S Pettit of tho Thirty fiist in fantry in command at Zaiuhotugi lias been court martialed for handing a to President Medell of Zamboanga who killed tho prisoner at ouoo without trial Pottit is the ol ficer with whom Lieutenant Colonel Webb O Hayes who recently resigned is said to have quaireled owing to Pet tits dickering with a Morro dato for tho right to land troops and compelling his inon to submit to indignities from tho natives Couuulmilon Sail for Philippine Washington April 19 A brief tele gram was received at the war depart ment announcing the departure ot the members of tho Philippine commission party from San Frnncibco Tuesday on tho transport Hancock InaHunich as tho vacancy in tho ofllco of secretary of tho commission has not yet been filled it is tho impression of Secretary Root uud other officials that the com mission has decided to make tho ap pointment from among tho Anient an rcsidonts of the Philippines Meeting of Governor Salt Lake April 19 At the opening meeting of tho governors called to meet hero to discuss and land problems J C Mackay president of tho Wyoming Sheepineus Protective association anil Jcsso Smith president of tho Utah Wool Growers association made ad dressos on tho subject of leasing of gra iug lands and tho ceding of arid lands to tho states Tho discussion was in formal Ileijuest to KammH Medical College Topeka April 19 Tho will of Mr Eliza Chrismau who died in Topeka re cently has been filed in tho probate court Sho bequeaths tho greater part of a fortune estimated at 250000 for tho fouuding of tho University of To poka Tho bequest is contingent on the Methodist churches of Kansas rais ing an equal amouut within ten years Mrs Chrismau also leavos 35000 cash to tho Ohio Wesloyau university r000 for a now parsonage for tho First Meth odist church of Topeka and 3000 to tho Womens Missionary society Andrew Has Jtetlgned Chicago April 10 Dr B Benjamin Andrews superintendent of the Chi cago public bohools who was lately of fered tho position of chancellor of the University of Nebraska has deoided to accept tho place Ho presented his res ignation as superintendent of schools to take effect May 1 After that date he will tako two months vacation ami will go to the university at Lincoln July 1 AGAIN UP TO HERRIOTT Innn State limiMinr Will Amnfr Ilia lovernnrf Statement DitH Moinks April 19 Today State Treasurer llerriott will give out tho third edition of his fatuous protest This document is said to contain as Interest ing rending mutter ay to the two pre vious ones It is in tho nature of a con tinuation tvf the stato treasurers argu incut on the railroad ntwsRinont ques tions and will bo a specific reply to Governor Shaws statements in tho an svvor issued by tho majority of tho exec utive council several weeks ago At a mot flag of tho slate fair direct ors jesterday it was decided to invito Hr Sheldon of Topeka to deliver user mou at the fair giouuilH timing tho slate fair At tho same meeting the directots discussed a scheme to bring Hagenbacks tanious wild animal show here Hatty Kennedy of tho state boutl of health went to Toledo and Hampton yestettlay to inspect the repotted small pox cases Three now cases were re ported in Des Moines jostoiday Iowa runner Kill lllinorlf WvTntioo la Apnl 1 Ilavid Ahleis a well-to-do Got man fanner committed suicide two miles south of Dvsut yeHteiday inoining by deliber ately throwing himself in ft out of npis sengei train on tho Biiilington Cetlar Kitphls and Not thorn Tho engineer sivvjtlte man walking tho track towutd the ham and when lie refused to pay atteuhou to lepeateil winnings an em ergency stop was made tho train stop ping within a lew feet from Aiders Aiders thun stepped oil tho track but when tho tram had again started ho plunged headlong in front of tho en gine His body was terribly mangled Hois50ycais old unci married Do mestic trouble is assigned as tho cause Dei Motn SI Paul llne Dis Moinks April 19 It is an nounced on tho best authority that tho Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul loatl will this year complete its plan of a Des Moiues St Paul lino by building from either Boone to Lehigh about 0 miles or ftom Boono to Clarion SO miles At either Lehigh or Clarion connection would bo made with the Mitson City and Fort Dodge over which tiams would run to Mason City thenco into St Paul over the present lino ot the St Paul system Tho Mason Citj and Poi t Dodge is pitetically li not ab solutely controlled by tho St Paul llritf o Mililnln if Ciinton Ii Apnl 19 Biucu Bald win was sententcd to one year in the penitentiary for obtaining money under false pretenses Ho seemed cash on a check drawn on a Dubuque bank whero he had no deposit which ho cashed in this city li Tornon Dinner Ml lliookljn New Yemic April 19 The Biooklyn Demociatic club gave a dinner last night at thn Germinia club to com memorate the 167th annivorsnij of the birth of Thomas Teffeisoii About l0 guests were present Grover Cleveland sent a letter regretting his inability to bo present and expressing his opinions on tho present Democracy A letter was nlso read fioni ex Gov ernor Boies of Iowa m which he advo cated the fret tlom ot Cuba and the giv ing up of tho Philippines Joseph J Willett responded to tho toast A Cen tury of Democracy Ex Governor Campbell followtd with nn address on Tho Restoiation ot Jefferson Democ racy VVnterimin n Candidate Oskaloosa la April 19 It is an nounced at Ottumvva that ex State Sen ator Waterman of that city is a candi date for nomination to congress in this district Major J F Lacoy of this city is tho present member serving his fourth term and announced for Captain John W Carr of Monte zuma is also announced and it is ex pected that N E Kendall of Albia will also run Mr Kendall was tho author of tho celebrated resolution which pazsed the Iowa houso this winter by unanimous vote condemning the Porto Ricnn tariff bill Carl ItiiHuell Creates Mir London April 19 Tho cabled an uouuoeinent in tho marriage columns of the Times this morning of tho wed ding of Earl Russell to Molho Cooko at Keno Nov April 1ft has created a sensation hero as it appears that Earl Russell according to tho English law is still legally married to the first Coun tess Russell who is now performing at the Tivoh Music hall TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS King Oscar and tho queen of Sweden and Norway have arrived in London The bubonic plague is repoited to have mado its appearance at several poits on tho Rod sea Congressman Loudensluger was re nominated Wednesday by tho Repub licans of tho Frst New Jersey district At a meeting WedneFday of west ern stove manufacturers it was decided to advance the selling prices of all stoves C per cent Differences between the striking em ployes and the officials of the Best Brew iug company of Chicago wero settled amicably Wednesday Chief Justice Gordon of tho supremo bench at Olympia Wash Wednesday tendered his resignation to Governor Rogers to tako cfiect Aug 1 Second Assistant Secretary of Stato Adeo left Washington Wednesday for a two months pleasure tour a wheel in iioi t hern Franco along the Rhino aud through the Black foreet A boat ou board of which wero 20 members of the Catholic Students as ociatiou while crossing tho river Rhino at Biugon Wednesday was capsized aud IS of it occupants were drowned mil m 1 mil 13 sr Grosvenor ami Williams Lock Horns Over Naval Bill DEBATE DRIFTS INTO IOLITIOS lreildenl l Aeimed y Hie III mortal ol llatlntt CliHiiued 11 In Mind Vlimkii Code 1X1 1 1 In tho Venule - Haimtiiouuli Ann nd inrnt la ltennniK ml Wamiimiion April 10 debate on he naval hill under the live minute uilo ycsteitlny drifted into politics anil for n good pot lion of the afternoon members fought hauinier and tongs aetosit the political aisle Tho paitisui raueot almost euliiiiniileil in a sonsa tioual scene between liosvenor tho champion ol tho admtiiisliatiotianil Williams Mis Home of tho Deino ciats began vvoiiving Iltivvloy Tex by pointedly asking if the president had not changed his mind on tho Portti Hirnn tin iff tuestioii and Grosvenor finally threw hiniself into tho btcacli Williams mado an Inlet i option that drew a sharp rejoinder hotn tho Ohioau about tho tintair advantage taken by tho Missisnpplan This aroused tho wnilli of Ibo latter and nfti i Jiosvenor hud concluded ho mado a stinging ie spouse in which ho said patliameiitaiy language would not net mil him pi op oily to Iharacteiio Grosvonoi mo1oiio Later Grosvenot disclaimed intentional affiont anil there the matter ended Some piogtesH was niailo witli tho bill but most of tho oonhovertoil points went over A motion to shiko from tho bill the contingent fund ol M0HK Tor the navy iloiMrtmcnt was debated A point of older against tho appiopriahon of tf0000 for tho now naval academy at Annapolis was pending when tho house adjoin tied AIakn Code Hill In Senate Wamiimiton Apnl 19 During al most tho entire session of the senate yesterday tho Alaskan civil code bill was undei lousiilenilion In this con nection Stewiut Nov delivered an address of neatly three boms upon the mining laws of tho United States and their relation to the pioposed amend iiiiint of Hdiishrough as tho rights ol alien locatoisof clainiH NnlsouMinu Carter Mont and Teller Col lis cussed the ponding ainentlmuit al length both Nelson and Teller being ptiticulaily vigorous m their denuncia tion ol it ADOPT A NEW NAME Illuooitl I Mlddlo ltoadurH Selei t Iro BienBlve IeopluM Ilirtj Kansas Cmv Apiil 19 he toad Populists ut their mass lonven tion yesterday effected a poiiuiiicnt stato organ i Jit ion nnd adopted a new name tho Progressive Peoples Puity The namo will ho presented to thn uu tioiiul convention for ratification The platform demands legislation on lines indicated in the Omaha platfoim lugci the reduction of state and county sal lines to tot respond with the pi ices paid for pioductH denounces both tho old ptities for failure to enact initiative and rile endiim legislation for tho protec tion of coiporation interests und for legislation for tho protection ot national banks condemns William J Bryan and John D Rockefeller for their al leged connection with trusts A full state ticket headed by Kichard Thomas ot Saline county for governor was naimd Tho convention selected ifi delegates to the Cincinnati convention and Hi presidential electors Carl Browne ot tho Coxey army fame was invited to address the convention and created consternation among the adherents of Wharton Barker when ho strongly advocated Admiral Dewey as head of the Populist national ticket ioterninent lellniilli I m import Wamiimiion April 10 Orders have been given to turn tho transports Tartar and Westminster over to their owners as tho government has no longer need for their services Theso vessels have been used by tho ciuartorniasters de partment for tho transportation of troops and supplies between San Fran cisco aud Manila Simmer Hitu he Vlulta WAFHiMiroN April 10 A telegram was received at tho war department yesterday saying that tho trausport Sumner arrived at Malta in good condi tion It is enrryiug a large number of officers aud recruits to Manila Ilu int M l J tlnlne Ceimk Rai ids Iii April 10 Tin infant daughter of Dr R N Kegleyan emiuent oculist in some mysterious xvay secureel u bottle of strychnine pills aud ate several dying in half an hour Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar Safeguards the food against alum AJumbatin menaemto are the Greatest ith of the present day oru MUM eowtc CO Ktw imk JJAHNIH V I YliHIl Norfolk VtlorncjHiil Iim 1 II llnrnni M 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